I only gave it a score of 4.5, it's just an OK song.

1 hour ago, Colm said:

Better than DJ Culture but both are listenable. I don't feel that they drag down Discography very much.

Agreed, they have certainly produced worse examples of hits collection new additions.

It is very 1991, and fit the landscape of the music scene very well I think (whereas, for example, their 1999 singles also sounded like they came from 1991).

5 hours ago, Gezza said:

Well it's done better so I'm clearly in the minority i know😀

The question is how much better though. I'm expecting to see DJ Culture quite soon tbh!

Oh I like Was It Worth It?, gave it a very respectable 7!

'Was It Worth It?' is pretty good. 7.5 I gave it.

I also prefer Was It Worth It to DJ Culture, top 5 vs the first PSB single not to make my top 10. Playing it again here it still sounds fun and upbeat, though in terms of their Imperial Phase, Dusty & Liza and Behaviour singles it's not quite up with those.

"DJ Culture' is way better for me, although I do really like this. Shame it did so badly for them.

I don't really acknowledge the existence of that Ab Fab thing.

#54

THURSDAY

 

YEAR: 2013

PEAK POSITION: 61

 

And when I wake

I’ll call it fate

that it’s not over, over, over

 

Marking their final single to chart, and hooking up with Example, this was actually a fourth release from the “Electric” album but their only to chart.  The duo wanted a rap in the single and initially sampled a Nicki Minaj track to see how it would sound, they liked it enough to play to Stuart Price who was producing the album and was also working with Example, he suggested using the latter on the single and hey presto.

 

AI: At heart, “Thursday” is about the tiny, precious window between obligation and release. Thursday isn’t the weekend; it’s the promise of the weekend. That liminal space—anticipation rather than fulfilment—is where the Pet Shop Boys thrive.

 

The lyrics are deceptively simple, but they capture something very real: the way routine shapes emotion. Thursday becomes a metaphor for hope in the middle of monotony, a reminder that joy often arrives in small, predictable doses.

(Example free version for @Jester )

Highest score: 8.5 @gooddelta @Popchartfreak

Lowest score: 0- @Jester

I like Thursday and the rest of that album, I gave it a score of 7. I think it's the only Pet Shop Boys song with three lead vocalists on it.

Thursday is OK but I'm not surprised to see it this low down. Was quite surprised at the time to see them collab with Example!

I dished out a 7.5 for that too. Pretty decent song to finish on I thought.

Don’t like a lot of the later collaborations, gave this a 5 also, it’s okay.

topped my charts of the time and sounding pretty good here. Later 21st century PSB always start with a disadvantage of lack of airplay at the time and unfamiliarity/absence of airplay since coming out - for me thats how I consume oldies, I rarely have time to play old albums or faves, I stick with new stuff. This is the first play in a decade for me - they havent done it in concert either during that period - and it holds up well for me. I rated based on my chart performances where I they havent been very very familiar classic oldies.

#53

LEAVING

 

YEAR: 2012

PEAK POSITION: 44

 

Our love is dead, but the dead don't go away

They made us what we are, they're with us everyday

 

A song which at least returned the group to the top 50 if nothing else.  Drawing from the death of his parents in 2008 and 2009, Tennant drew inspiration for the lyrics and the song was salvaged from another track they wrote “Heaven Is A Playground” which they wrote a new chorus. This is officially our favourite PSB post 2009 "hit".

 

AI: Where many breakup songs lean into catharsis, Leaving does the opposite. It’s about the moment when the relationship is already over, the arguments have stopped, and all that’s left is the slow, painful process of detaching.  They avoid grand statements and instead focus on the small, human truths of a relationship’s end.

Highest score: 8- @dandy* @MangoOoOoOo

Lowest score: 2.5 @chartjack2

Tomorrow we lose our first 80s track!

I suspect there's gonna be a few low scorers where I'm the highest scorer!

Just now, Gezza said:

Tomorrow we lose our first 80s track!

My guess is Dusty.

Edited 17 hours ago17 hr by MangoOoOoOo

A subdued piece of music, I gave it a score of 3.5.

Leaving is not bad, just not very memorable, 5.5 from me

I don't mind Leaving, but really like Thursday.

Was going to say I was surprised an 80s track is going already, then remembered the Dusty/Liza songs were in it.

I really quite like 'Leaving', a high point of a really not so great era for me.

'Thursday' however is a decent track on a fantastic album.